Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls
Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls is a podcast steeped in many forms of healing — from creativity and spirituality to ancestral wisdom, storytelling, and soulful conversation. Together, we explore what it means to connect more deeply with ourselves, with each other, and with whatever the divine looks like to you.
Episodes
11 episodes
Episode 11: WHAT IF Art Was A Way We Remember?- Story, Faith, & A Hindi Lutheran Pastor
Art Was A Way We Remember?- Story, Faith, & A Hindi Lutheran Pastor Reverend Tuhina Verma Rasche (she/her) is a second-generation South Asian American raised in a devout Hindu household. She currently serves as one of the digita...
Episode 10: WHAT IF Peace Began in Everyday Acts?- Uzbek Women, Islam & Peacebuilding
In this What If conversation, we explore what peacebuilding can look like in everyday life — through the stories and experiences of Uzbek women within Muslim communities.In honor of AAPI Heritage Month, this episode highl...
Episode 9: What IF Filipino Psychology Changed How We Understand Ourselves?
In this What If conversation, we explore Filipino psychology — also known as Sikolohiyang Pilipino — and how it offers a different way of understanding the self, relationships, and healing.Together, we talk about key concepts withi...
Episode 8: WHAT IF Our Parts Carry Cultural Stories?
In this episode I speak to Hui Ting, a licensed mental health counselor based in New York, originally from Malaysia.As a Malaysian Chinese therapist, Hui Ting work centers on supporting Asian American clients navigating family dynamics, ...
Episode 7: SHELF TALK with Art: Voice as Sacred- On Story, Care, & Love
In this edition of Shelf Talk, I sit with a voice actor whose understanding of voice extends far beyond performance. Together, we explore what it means to treat voice as something sacred — shaped by love, culture, and the stories we in...
Episode 6: WHAT IF Therapy Made Space For Hmong Shamanic Practices?
Michi Marks (she/they) is a Hmong American Marriage and Family Therapist–in-training, integration and implementation coach, and spiritual practitioner whose work bridges Western psychotherapy with ancestral animist traditions. Their approach dr...
Episode 5: WHAT IF We Remembered the Roots of Chinese Medicine?
In this episode of Sacred Tea & Nourished Souls, I sit down with an acupuncturist to explore the question: What If We Remembered the Roots of Chinese Medicine?Together, we talk about honoring lineage, cultural context...
Episode 4: Shelf Talk with EJ: How Romance & Fiction Help Us Heal
In this first episode of Shelf Talk, I sit down with EJ, a book influencer who shares how romance and fiction have been more than just stories — they’ve been a source of comfort, healing, and hope during difficult times.We talk ...
Episode 3: WHAT IF We Carry More Than Our Own Pain?
In this episode, we explore the layers of intergenerational trauma—the emotional wounds and patterns silently passed from one generation to the next. Through the lens of depth psychology, we look at how unconscious material, famil...
Episode 2: WHAT IF Our Ancestors' Wisdom Could Shape How We Raise Children?
In this episode of the What If segment, we talk about what if our ancestors' wisdom could shape how we raise children? About our guest: Dr. Mercedes Samudio (she/her), DSW, LCSW, AfroNerd, and mental health advocat...
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Episode 1: WHAT IF healing isn’t just physical or emotional — but spiritual, ancestral, even energetic?
In this episode of the What If segment, we talk about what does it mean to be a shaman, can other people pratice shamanism, is it a vocation only, what does spiritual healing look like, and how to work with ancestors. About ou...
